Used this app for the first time on Sunday. I have to say, it is very distracting, especially the guy who sounds like he's going to cough his lungs out. I am going to use it everytime I take a PT from now on.

Cromartie wrote:Used this app for the first time on Sunday. I have to say, it is very distracting, especially the guy who sounds like he's going to cough his lungs out. I am going to use it everytime I take a PT from now on.

Cromartie wrote:Used this app for the first time on Sunday. I have to say, it is very distracting, especially the guy who sounds like he's going to cough his lungs out. I am going to use it everytime I take a PT from now on.

Cromartie wrote:Used this app for the first time on Sunday. I have to say, it is very distracting, especially the guy who sounds like he's going to cough his lungs out. I am going to use it everytime I take a PT from now on.

Is there anyone else who's been using it?

I've found that using earphones is unrealistically distracting. Don't be surprised when an actual guy coughing doesn't even phase you.

Cromartie wrote:Used this app for the first time on Sunday. I have to say, it is very distracting, especially the guy who sounds like he's going to cough his lungs out. I am going to use it everytime I take a PT from now on.

Is there anyone else who's been using it?

I've found that using earphones is unrealistically distracting. Don't be surprised when an actual guy coughing doesn't even phase you.

I didn't use earphones, but I had my i-Phone on max volume. I thought it was overly and unrealistically distracting; it was tough to maintain concentration and I had a dull headache after completing the PT. However, I figure getting used to something as bad as that can only help me with the real LSAT.

Unless...in an unfortunate Pavlovian twist, I end up getting conditioned to doing well only in the midst of really bad disruptive factors.

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I have mixed feelings on the distractor noise. I wish they had a "level" bar that controlled how realistic the noise was, not just how loud. like the lowest level would just have mild pencil noises and paper turning, mid level would have a few small coughs and a sneeze or two and the highest level would be about what they have.

Audio Technica Guy wrote:I have mixed feelings on the distractor noise. I wish they had a "level" bar that controlled how realistic the noise was, not just how loud. like the lowest level would just have mild pencil noises and paper turning, mid level would have a few small coughs and a sneeze or two and the highest level would be about what they have.

Agreed. They should also move things further away from the mic so it's not like people are coughing/sharpening in your damn ear.

Hannibal wrote:Agreed. They should also move things further away from the mic so it's not like people are coughing/sharpening in your damn ear.

I'll give them a pass on that, because that's relatively difficult to do for even a trained recording engineer (let alone someone making a free iPhone app). Microphones don't pick up sound the same way as the ear does, so its difficult to control distance properly. Especially if the end user is using headphones. This is why most headphones are said to have no "soundstage". If you want the sounds to sound more distant, the easiest solution is to move your phone further away.

Hannibal wrote:Agreed. They should also move things further away from the mic so it's not like people are coughing/sharpening in your damn ear.

I'll give them a pass on that, because that's relatively difficult to do for even a trained recording engineer (let alone someone making a free iPhone app). Microphones don't pick up sound the same way as the ear does, so its difficult to control distance properly. Especially if the end user is using headphones. This is why most headphones are said to have no "soundstage". If you want the sounds to sound more distant, the easiest solution is to move your phone further away.